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Château Royal d'Amboise
4.5
(10.8K)
Chapel of Saint-Hubert
4.6
(313)
Tomb of Leonardo da Vinci
4.5
(244)
Office de Tourisme Amboise Val de Loire
4.2
(498)
Restaurant l'Ilôt
4.7
(388)
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Restaurant Les Arpents
4.8
(595)
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L'Ecluse
4.8
(808)
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Chez Bruno
4.6
(754)
$$
rather disappointing experience. on the positive, service was friendly and attentive. everything else was negative though. worst of all, portion sizes (thankfully they kept refilling our bread basket, so we each ended up eating a full baguette!). my asparagus starter was ok (apart from the bland sauce). the main was chicken supreme - it tasted of absolutely nothing, just two stripes of boiled chicken breast, with nothing to lift up the flavour. still hungry I asked for dessert and was recommended the chocolate mousse. if you closed your eyes and tried it without seeing the colour, you could not guess it was chocolate, just whipped egg whites. unfortunately on Monday night there are not many options available, and wanted to avoid the places right in front of the castle which seem to cater for tourists only, but who knows, we could have probably get a better...
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How can it be this restaurant was not close to fully booked on a Friday evening? Lucky for us, but a five minute stroll too much for most?! It's a nice place and the food is great. Nice appetizer, foie the canard starter obvously good, but the langoustine my wife ordered was super. Then the turbot for main. Nice piece, perfectly cooked, but then the veggies that accompagnied it, like green asparagus, carrot and zuccini, all at their perfect cuisson. Chapeau! Dessert and cheese up to the standard of the rest. Good Armagnac to finish off. Just a couple of minutes longer stroll people, you will be happy you made the...
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Wonderful food. Started with smoked trout served with some sweet-and-sour cabbage and a nice sauce. Super tasteful chicken, so succulent. I took this as main course, but it was also served with the kids menu with mashed potatoes (so I could enjoy even more 😂). For dessert there was this wonderful tube made of molten sugar filled with a chocolate cream and some mango sorbet and fresh cut mango. Beside our party of 6 there was no one for lunch which made it nice and calm compared to most restaurants in the more touristy area...
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